South Africa
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From 18, registering is your legal consent. At 16 or 17 it records your intent.
What You Can Do
South Africa has no government donor register. The Organ Donor Foundation records your wish and sends you a donor card.
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Organs are donated only with a yes. Since April 28, 2026, tissues such as corneas are presumed donated unless you registered a refusal.
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What You Can Do
Fiji has no donor register and no law on organ, eye or tissue donation.What You Can Do in South Africa
South Africa has no government donor register. The Organ Donor Foundation records your wish and sends you a donor card.
Make Your Pledge FirstSign Up OnlineOrganizations
- National Department of HealthNationwide. Government · No Sign-Up
- Organ Donor Foundation of South AfricaNationwide. Nonprofit · Sign Up Online
- South African Tissue Bank AssociationNationwide. Nonprofit · No Sign-Up
- Centre for Tissue EngineeringNationwide. Tissue Bank · Sign Up Online
- UFS Tissue LabNationwide. Tissue Bank · No Sign-Up
- National Tissue Bank, University of PretoriaPretoria, Gauteng. Tissue Bank · No Sign-Up
How to Register
- Sign up with the Organ Donor Foundation online or on its free line, 0800 22 66 11. It asks for your South African ID number.
- To make your donation formal under the law, sign your donor card before two competent witnesses, or put it in your will.
- Tell your family what you decided.
What the Law Says
Under section 62 of the National Health Act, anyone old enough to make a will (16) can donate in a will or a document signed before two competent witnesses. The Department of Health's guidance gives 18.
The Law: 5 Documents
- National Health Act 61 of 2003, Chapter 8 (Control of use of blood, blood products, tissue and gametes in humans), sections 53 to 68
- Regulations Regarding the General Control of Human Bodies, Tissue, Blood, Blood Products and Gametes (Government Notice R. 180 of 2 March 2012)
- Regulations Relating to Tissue Banks (Government Notice R. 182 of 2 March 2012)
- Regulations Relating to the Use of Human Biological Material (Government Notice R. 177 of 2 March 2012), regulation 4 (the search for the next of kin before the Director-General may donate tissue under section 62(3))
- Wills Act 7 of 1953, section 4 (who is competent to make a will, the test section 62 of the National Health Act uses)
Your Family
In practice your family is always asked. If you left no donation or refusal, your closest relatives can decide, in the order the law sets.
Contact
Organ Donor Foundation0800 22 66 11 (toll-free in South Africa)
Checked October 23, 2026 against official sources.
The Need in South Africa
